Guessing for innoculation. He knows better than anyone that his medals/citations etc. are shakey. Trying to hide behind Sec Navy and muddy the waters as best he can.
Or a nutjob who can never receive enough accolades?
I think by normal standards "nutjob" would fit his epitaph quite well. Judging by all the different stories about the same issues being "seared" into his mind etc... Maybe it got too hot in there.